How the Holler Neighborhood Works
Season 4
Episode 400
Today by listener request, I explain how the Holler Neighborhood works as a community, as well as cover some of the history of how we ended up here.
Icemegeddon Update
Webinar coming up March 6, 2pm CT - Pantry Management Practices with Nicole Sauce
Monday, June 14, chicken processing workshop, 9am
Tales from the Prepper Pantry
- Road food update, homegrown year
- Reorganized canned goods
- Reorganized prepper pantry
- Sold seed potatoes
- Found a stash of canned stock
- The final jar of 2019 green beans will be consumed this week
Operation Independence
- Function stacking with the addition of a carport
- Phireon Update
Main topic of the Show: How the Holler Neighborhood Works
People often ask me about how to build community because they see what a great network we have in LFTN and the hear the stories of the Holler Neighbors and wish they had something like that near them. Sometimes it is hard to really say what each needs to do.
This podcast has doubled in size since last year and it is on track to double again this year. That means there are a bunch of you who were not around for the dawning of the Holler neighbors.
History
- Moved to the holler & Island Mountain Pat, learned homesteading things
- The farmers market years and discovery of local organize and permaculture communities
- The work vs homesteading choices and mistakes
- Finding TSP and starting to go to events, Zello
- The advent of the podcast - 1 year to 500 listeners
- A personal transition from corporate work for my own health, friends
- Prioritizing relationships, hosting events here, 1st workshop, TN GSD Crew
- Friends moving to the area -- and the development from there
Lessons learned
- You get out what you put in
- Make time to go be with people in person
- Let the community guide itself and set expectations of solutions and positive action rather than bitch fests
- It will go where it goes
How the neighbors work now
- Each has their own household, land, etc
- We talk monthly about what we wish to accomplish
- Unified by shared values and priorities and the desire to help each reach their happiness
- Dealing with frustrations and boundaries
- Communication and connection
- Efforts do center on the events we do here, as well as producing high quality food
- Money matters and strategic plan
- Holler Dollars - the chicken processing workshop
So far we have been successful as a community but that does not mean there has not been frustration, struggles with mental health, financial durres, and argumen
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